Elise Stefanik Quotes
I didn't think I was ever going to run for office.
Stefanik, Elise. Interview by Prachi Gupta. Cosmopolitan, Hearst Communications, 10 Feb. 2015.
Gore had lost the 2000 Presidential race to George W. Bush by Supreme Court controversial decision regarding the counting of the Florida ballots. Gore had won ½ million more votes. Most pundits assumed that Gore again would be a candidate and the press was already describing it as a potential sports championship rematch. Bush had a high approval rating but was most vulnerable regarding the economy and some other domestic issues. In the midst of the War on Terrorism and a potential Iraq war, Gore believed that the sporting rematch concept would detract from a public campaign that could focus only on issues—what he believed he and the Democratic Party needed to win.
Elise Marie Stefanik is an American businesswoman and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 21st congressional district since 2015. The district covers most of the North Country, as well as most of the Adirondacks. It also includes some of the outer suburbs of Utica and the Capital District.